Benzinga - by Avi Kapoor, Benzinga Staff Writer.
Shares of WD-40 Company (NASDAQ: WDFC) rose sharply during Wednesday’s session after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results.
WD-40 reported quarterly earnings of $1.28 per share which exceeded the analyst consensus estimate of $1.05 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $140.42 million, clocking in above the Street's estimate of $134.37 million.
WD-40 shares jumped 17.3% to $277.56 on Wednesday.
Here are some other stocks moving in today's mid-day session.
Gainers
- Nauticus Robotics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KITT) climbed 87.8% to $0.5501. Nauticus Robotics secured additional funding and appointed John W. Gibson, Jr as interim CEO.
- Clearmind Medicine Inc. (NASDAQ: CMND) shares jumped 47.7% to $3.0570. Clearmind Medicine completed a Type A Meeting with the FDA for clinical trial of its proprietary MEAI-based, CMND-100 compound, for the treatment of alcohol use disorder.
- Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: SANA) gained 46.8% to $7.57. Sana Biotechnology recently announced FDA clearance of investigational new drug application for SC262.
- Ucommune International Ltd (NASDAQ: UK) jumped 37.8% to $4.98.
- Vicarious Surgical Inc. (NASDAQ: RBOT) rose 37% to $0.6851.
- Nvni Group Limited (NASDAQ: NVNI) climbed 35.2% to $2.6091.
- EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) gained 31% to $16.50. EchoStar completed merger with DISH Network Corporation.
- Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) climbed 28.8% to $1.25 after the company reported strong preliminary FY23 total revenues.
- Exicure, Inc. (NASDAQ: XCUR) shares rose 17% to $0.5501. Exicure was granted broad U.S. patent #11866700 for "Liposomal Nucleic Acid Constructs Presenting Antisense Oligonucleotides For Knockdown Of Interleukin 17 Mrna (For Inflammation From Cancer, Obesity, Diabetes, Alzheimer's)."
- NexImmune, Inc. (NASDAQ: NEXI) gained 16.2% to $13.72.
- Exscientia plc (NASDAQ: EXAI) rose 14% to $7.07. B of A Securities recently downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral and lowered its price target from $11 to $9.
- NewAmsterdam Pharma Company N.V. (NASDAQ: NAMS) rose 13.6% to $14.00.
- SMART Global Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SGH) gained 13.4% to $20.97 after the companyy posted better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter and announced approval of $75 million share repurchase authorization.
- Xeris Biopharma Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: XERS) jumped 12.4% to $2.7100. Xeris Biopharma entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Amgen for Xeriject formulation of teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease.
- GoodRx Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: GDRX) jumped 11.6% to $6.38. GoodRx sees preliminary FY23 adjusted revenue of $759 million to $761 million.
- E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: ETWO) surged 11.2% to $4.27 following strong quarterly sales.
- PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) rose 10% to $80.25 as the company reported better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter on Tuesday.
- iCoreConnect Inc. (NASDAQ: ICCT) shares rose 9.3% to $1.4203. iCoreConnect announced strategic acquisition of Verifi Dental.
- AZZ Inc. (NYSE: AZZ) jumped 9.1% to $62.24 following upbeat quarterly results.
- Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) gained 6.1% to $350.63. Intuitive Surgical said it sees preliminary revenue of $1.93 billion for the fourth quarter, versus market estimates of $1.87 billion.
- DocGo Inc. (NASDAQ: DCGO) shares fell 32.9% to $3.2150. Fuzzy Panda Research issued a report and disclosed a short position in the stock.
- HWH International Inc. (NASDAQ: HWH) shares fell 25.3% to $2.10 after dipping 26% on Tuesday.
- Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACRS) fell 25% to $0.9601 after the company's Phase 2B study of ATI-1777 2% QD was not statistically superior on the primary efficacy endpoint.
- Presto Automation Inc. (NASDAQ: PRST) fell 19.5% to $0.3127.
- Roma Green Finance Limited (NASDAQ: ROMA) shares fell 18.8% to $2.3557 after dipping over 27% on Tuesday. Roma Green Finance announced pricing of $12.3 million public offering of 2,449,943 of shares at price of $4.00 per share.
- Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) fell 16.8% to $14.11. Sidus Space regained compliance with Nasdaq minimum bid requirements.
- Wearable Devices Ltd. (NASDAQ: WLDS) fell 15.7% to $0.3797.
- Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) shares fell 15.1% to $18.97 after the company lowered its full-year revenue guidance.
- Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIMD) fell 14.9% to $2.22.
- GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE: EAF) fell 14.4% to $1.61.
- Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TCRT) declined 12.9% to $0.1335.
- TG Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGTX) fell 12.4% to $18.38 after the company reported preliminary BRIUMVI US net product sales for Q4 and FY23.
- Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP) fell 12% to $4.2350.
- MicroCloud Hologram Inc. (NASDAQ: HOLO) fell 11.9% to $0.2621 after gaining 22% on Tuesday.
- Veradigm Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) fell 11.1% to $9.56. Veradigm said it sees FY23 revenue of $608 million to $622 million.
- Galera Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRTX) shares fell 9.1% to $0.1919 after jumping 41% on Tuesday.
- Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE: SAR) fell 9.1% to $23.55 following downbeat quarterly earnings.
- NovoCure Limited (NASDAQ: NVCR) declined 8.8% to $13.43.
- Sasol Limited (NYSE: SSL) shares fell 6.8% to $9.08.
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